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The Clinton News Record, 1937-10-21, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON. NEWS -RECORD TIIURS, OCT 21, 1937 6T Frances 13y odicrson Burnett CHAPTER .XXXI ?lie Son of Stefan Loris:en" Wlien a party composed of two boys attended by a big soldierly inan- servant and accompanied by two dis- ‘tinguished-looking•, elderly men, of a marked foreign type;`appearedon the .platform of Charing Cross Station they attracted a good deal of attent- ion. In fact, the good looks and strong well-earied body of the' handsome lad With. the 'thick black ;Fait wound have caused eyes to turn towards him even if he had not seemed to, be regarded as` so special a charge by those who were with him. But in a country where people are accustomed to see- ing a. certain Mariner and certain fornis;observed in the case of persons however yotmg, who are set apart by the fortune ,of rank and distinction,. and wherethe populace also rather enjoys the sight of such clentour, it was inevitable that more than one quick --sighted looker-on should com- ment on the fact that this was not an ordinary group of individuals. "See that fine, big lad over there!" said a workman, whose head; with a pipe in his mouth, stuck out of a third-class smoking carriage window. "He's some sect of a young swell, The. Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ;1.5O per vear in advance, to Cana- i!an addresses. $2.00 to the U.S. or ether foreign countriea. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publish- er. ublisher. The data to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on , the :abet. 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FOOT CORRECTION by 'mani'pulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 Pel lay' shilliir'! Take a loose at hine", to his mite inside. The mate took a look. The pair were shrewd at observation, "Yes, lie's seme .sort of'a young swell;" he summed him tip. "But he's uot,`English by' 'a long chalk. Ile ;;fust be -a young Turk, or Russian, sent. over to be'•edhcated. Iris stmte looks like it: All .blit the ferret -faced chap on cruWondertclies. -' onder what h. is'!" , I ' A good-natured looking guard was passing, and the , first man haile hien."H ! • ave .eve got any swells traveling with us this. morning?" he asked, jerk'i-1g his head towards the group. "That looks like it. Any one leaving Windsor or Sandringham to cross from Dover to -day?" The man looked at the group cur- iously for a moment and then shook his head. 1 "They d0' look like something or other," he answered, "but 210 one knows anything about them. Every- body's safe in Buckingham Palace and Marlborough House this week. No one either going or coming." No observer, it is true, could have mistaken. Lazarus for an ordinary at- tendant escorting an ordinary charge. If silence had not still been strictly the order, he could not have restrain- ed himself. As it was, lag bore him- self like a grenadier, and stood by Marco as if across his dead. body a- lone could any one approach the lad: "Until we reach Melzarr•," he had said with passion to the two gentle- men,—°'until I can stand before my Master and behold him embrace his son—behold him—I implore that I may not lose sight of hire night or day. On my knees, I implore that I may travel, armed, at his side. I am but his servant, and have no right to occupy a place in the same carriage. but put me anywhere. I will be deaf, dumb, blind ,to all but himself. Only permit me to be near enough to give my life if it is needed. Let me say to my miter, 'I never left him.'" "We will find a place for• you," the elder man said, "and if you are so anxious, you .may sleep across his threshold when we spend the night at 00 was not a mere boy to diem, die, he aas the 'son of Stefan Lorielau; and they were Samavians, They watched over hint, not as. La.zares did, but with gravity and forethought which somehow seemed to encircle him with A rampart. Without any aid of sub- servience, they constituted themselves Iris attendants. His 'comfort, - Iris pleasure,. even his entertainment, e were their private care. The Rat felt sure they intended' that, if possible, he should enjoy his journey, and that d' he should not be fatigued by R. They 1 conversed with him as The Rat had not known that amen ever conversed with boys, -until he had met Loris- tan. It' was plain that .they knew. what he' would be most interested in, and that they were aware • he wa0 as familiar with the history of Sae =via as they were themselves. When he showed a disposition to hear of events which had occurred, ;they were as prompt to follow his lead as they would have been to follow the lead of a man. That, The Rat argued with himself, was because Marco had lived So intimately with his father that his life had been more like a man's than a boy's and had trained .him in ma- ture thinking. He was very quiet +during the journey, and The Rat knew he was thinking all the time. The night before they reached -Me1- c:4r, they slept at a town some hours Idistant from the capital. They ar•- rived at midnight and went to a quiet hotel. '•To -morrow," said Marco, when The Rat had ,left hire for the night, "to- morrow we shall see ;tint! Go:l be Ithanked!" "God . be thanked!" said The Rat, 'also. And- each saluted the other be- ; fore they p,arted.. I ` In the morning, I;azarus came into the bedroom with an air so solemn(that it seemed as if the garments he carried in his hands were part 0' some religious ceremony. "1 ant at your command, sir," he said, "And I bring you your uni- form." He carried, in fact; a richly decor- ated Samav;ian uniform, and the first ` thing Mareo had seen when he en- tered was that Lazarus himself was in utriform also. His was the uniform i of an officer of the Icing's Body Guard. "The Master," ue said, "asks tha you wear this on. your entrance to , llielzarr. I have a uniform, also foi. your Aide-de-camp." When Rastka and Vorvesk appear- ed, they were in uniform also. It was a uniform which had a touch or 'the Orient in its picttuesque splendor. A. short fur -bordered mantle hung by a jeweled chitin from the shoulders, acid there was Miiuch magnificent em- broidery of color and gold. "Sir, we most drive quickly to the :station," Baron Rastka said to Mar co. "These people are excitable my' Patriotic, and His Majesty wishes us to remain incognito, and avoid al' chance of public demonstration until we reach_ the capital." They passed. rather hurriedly through the Betel to the carriage which awaited them• The Rat saw that something unusual was happening in the place, Servants were scurrying round corners, and guests i were coming out of their rooms and even hanging over the balustrades. As Marco gat into his carriage, he caught sight of a boy about his own age wlio was peeping' from behind a bash. Suddenly be darted away, and they all saw him tearing down the street towards the station as fast as his legs would carry hint . , But the horses were faster' than he was. The party reached the station, and was escorted cmicicly to its place in a special saloon -carriage which a- waited it. As the train made its way out of the station, Marco saw the boy who had run before them rush 0u tc the platform, waving his arms and shouting something with wild delight. The people who were standing about turned to look at him, and the rex' instant; they bad all torn off theft caps and thrown them un in the at and were shouting also. But it Was not possible to hear what they said. "We were only just in time," said Vorveska, and Baron Rastka nodded. The train went swiftly, and sine, ped only once before they, reached. Melzarr. This was at a small sta- tion, on the platform of which stood peasants with big baskets of garland- ed flowers and evergreens. They put them on the train, and soon both Mar- e() and The Rat .saw that something unusual was taking place. At one time, a man standing of the narrow outside platform of the carriage was plainly seen to, he securing garlands and handing up flags to men who worked rkel on 'the roof. "They are clang' soreething with Samavian flags and a lot of flowers and greenthings!'.' cried The Rat, in excitement. "Sir, they are decorating the o'it- side of the carriage," Vorvesk said. "The villagers on the- line obtained permission ;'ram His Majesty... The son of Stefan Loristan could net be allowed to pass their homes without their doing homage." "I understand," said Marco, h i heart thumping hard against his uni- "I will not sleep!" said Lazarus. "I will watch. Suppose there should be deutons of . Maranoviteh loose and idfut•iated in Europe? Who knows!" "The Maranoviteh and Iarovitch who have not already sworn alleg- iance to King Ivor are dead on bat- tlefields. The remainder are now Fedorovitch and praising God for their King,"' was the answer Baron Rastka made him. • ! But Lazarus kept his guard un- broken. When he occupied the next compartment to the one in which Marco traveled, he stood in the cot t•idor throughout the ,journey. When they descended at any point to change trains, he followed close at ,the boy's [heels, his fierce eyes on every side at 'once and his hand on the weapon hid- den -in his broad leather belt. When they stopped to rest in some city, lie planted himself in a chair by the bedroom door of his charge, and if he slept he was not aware that nature had betrayed him into doing so. If the journey made by the young Bearers of the • Sign had been a strange one, this was strange by its very contrast. Throughout that pil- is.ririiage, two tine:wed-for waifs its worn clothe, hail traveled from one place to another, sometimes in third or -fourth-elass - continental railroad. carriages," sometimes in jolting dili- gences, sometimes in peasants' carts, sametimes on foot by side roads and moun'a:n paths, and forest ways. Now two well-dressed boys in the charge of two men of the class whose orders are obeyed, journeyed` in compart- ments reserved for them, their trav- eling' appurtenances supplying every comfort that luxury could provide. 1 The Rat had not known that there were people who traveled in such all manner; that wants could be so -per- fectly foreseen; that railroad off; -1 cials, porters at stations, the staff of restaurants, could be by magic trans- formed into active and eager servants, To lean against the upholstered back of ..a railway carriage and in luxur ions ease look through' the window at passing beauties, acid then to find books at 'your,; elbow and excellent meals appearing at regular hours, these unknown. perfections .: made it necessary for :him at times to' pull. himself together and give all his :en- ergies to believing that hewas quite awake. Awake he was, : and with Much on his mind to "work out," so much, indeed, that on the Drat day of the Tourney he had decided to give up the struggle, and wit until fate .x made clear to him such things as ha was to be allowed to understand of I the mystery of Stefan oristan. What he realized most clearly was that the fact that the son of Stefan Leristan was being escorted in pri- vate state t0 the country his father had given his life's work to, was nev- er for a moment forgotten. The Ba- ron Rastka and Count Vorvesk were of the dignity and courteous 'reserve which marksmen of distinction./Mar-' GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Correspondence promptly answered, Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, t31inton, or by calling phone 203. Charges Moderate. and Satisfaction l Guarahteed. A. E. COOK PIANO ANCD VOICE STUDIO—E, C. NICKLE, Phone 23w. 11-11-x. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office. Seaforth, Ont. 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Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. CANADIAN,.' ATiliYS TIME TABLE +Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton - as follows: Buffalo and Gederich' Div. cooing' East, depart 7,03 a.m. Going East, depart ' 3.00 p.m. 'Going West, depart 11.45 p.m. Going West, depart 10.00 p.m. 'London, Huron & Bruce :Going North, ar. 11.25 Ive. 11.47 p.m. Going South ar. 2.50, leave 3.08 p.m. forms "It ig" for my father's sake. At last embowered, garlanded, and hong with waving banners, the train drew in at the chief station of. Mel Sari. "Sir,"said Rastka, as they were entering, "will you stand tri that the people may you? 'those on the outskirts of the crowd will have the merest glimpse, but they -will never forget." Marco stood up. The others group- ed themselves behind hiin. There a- rose a roar of 'voices, which ended al- most in' a shriek of joy which was like the shriek of a .tempest. Then there burst forth the blame of brazen instru- ments playing' the National Hymn of Sonia -via, and road voices joined in it. If Marco had not been a strong boy, and long trained in self-control, what he' saw and heard might have been almost 'tee mach to have borne. When the train had come to a full .stop, and tete door was thrown open, even Ras- tka's dignified voice wee unsteady as he said, "Sir, lead the way. It is for ars to follow." And. Marco, erect in the doorway,!, stood for a moment, looking out upon the roaring, acclaiming, weeping, singingand swaying multitude and saluted hist' as he had Saluted The Squad, looking just as much a boy, justies much a man, just as much a 'thrilling young human . being.. Then, at the sight of him standing so, it seemed as if the crowd went mad -as the Forgers of the Sword •hall seemed to go mad on the. night inthe cavern. The ' tumult rose and arose, the crowd rocked, and leapt, and, in its frenzy of emotion, threatened to, crush itself to death. But for the line, of soldiers, there would have eeemel no chance for any one to pass through it alive. "I am the son of Stefan Loristan," Marco said to himself, in order to hold himself steady. "I am on my way to my father." Afterward, he was moving through the line of guarding soldiers to the entrance, where twe great state -car- riages stood; and there outside wait- ed even a huger and more frenzied crowd than that -left behind. He sa- luted there again, and again, and a- gain, on all sides. It was what they had seen the Emperor do in Vienna. He was not an Emperor, but he was the son of Stefan Loristan who ha 1 brought back the King. "Yon must salute, too," he said to The Rat, when they got into the state. carriage. "Perhaps my father has told thein. It semis as if they !mew you." The Rat had been placed beside bin: on the carriage seat. He was inward - shuddering with a rapture of exulta- tion which was almost anguish. The people were looking at him—shout- ing at him—steely it seemed like it when he looked at the faces nearest in the crowd. Perhaps Loristan— •'Listen-" said Marco suddenly, as the carriage rolled on its way. "They are shouting to us in Samavian, 'The Bearers of the Sign!' That is what they are saying now. `The Bearers 01. the Sign!'" They were being taken to the Pa- lace. That Devon Rastka and Count Vorvesk had explanted in the train. His Majesty wished to receive them. Stefan Loristan was there also. The city had once been noble and majestic. It was somewhat Oriental; as its uniforms and national cos- tumes were. There were domed and pillared structures of white stone and marble, there were great arches, and city gates, and churches. But many of them were half in ruins through tear, and neglect, incl decay. They. passed the half -unroofed cathedral, standing its the sunshine in its great 'quare, still in all its disaster one of the most beautiful structures in Eu- rope. In the exuliant crowd were still to be seen haggard faces, men, with ;aalaged limbs and heads or hobbling nl sticks and crutches. The richly elotecl native costumes were most of them worn to :rag's. But their woar- srs hacl tl:e faces of creatures plucked from despair to be lifted- to heaven, "Ivor! Ivor!" they" cried; "Ivor! Ivor!" and sobbed with rapture. The Palace was. as wonderful in its way as the white cathedral, The im- mensely wide steps of marble were guarded by soldiers. The huge square in which it stood was filled with peo- ple whom the soldiers held in check.. "I. alp his son," Marco said to him- self, as he descended from the state carriage and began to walk up the steps which seemed so enormously wide that they appeared almost like a street. Up he mounted, step by step, The Rat following hini. 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But as he advanced, each! step bearing him nearer to the throne, the light and color about him, the strangeness and magnificence, t h e wildly joyous acclamation of the po-I pulace outside the palace, made him feel rather dazzled, and he did not 'clearly see any one single face or thing. "His Majesty awaits you," said a voice behind him which seemed to be Baron Rastka's. "Are you faint, sir? He realized vagbiely that the King 'You look pale." He drew himself together, and lift- ed his eyes. For one full moment, af- ter he had so lifted them, he stood quite still and straight looking into the deep beauty of the royal face. Then he knelt and kissed the hands held out to hila -kissed theist both with a passion of boy love and wor- ship. The Ring had the eyes he had longed to see—the King's hands were those he had longed to feel again up- on his shoulder—the King was his ;Continued on page 3) F1 IIA :1Zit f r r: gi'a$§5 .m: iotched l.i Is usually one done in a hurry, by a cut rate printer, who was not able to submit a proof to the buyer of the printing. The price at which the job was done necessitated quick' work and the minimum of attention to detail. -'ear* s 6 -BL 1 t sa The customer uses the printed matter much against his will, awl possibly to lois detriment so far as his customers are concerned, all because the printing was done by a printer at a distance, and. that the job was not checked before printing. Insist on a.,, eoofS Your home printer will always gladly submit proofs of all work so that itmay be carefully checked for errors, and altered for ap- pearance if deemed advisable, while any desired additions or deduc- tions may be freely made. 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